UPDATE: Guam gets grant to improve coastal management

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a $829,500 grant to the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans to support the island's Coastal Management Program, according to a press release from Guam Del. Madeleine Bordallo.

The program concerns several issues impacting Guam's coast lines, such as climate change, coastal hazards and habitat protection. The grant is also expected to help promote watershed protection and restoration.

"Guam's coastal zone management program is a vital partnership that helps protect, restore and responsibly develop our coastline," said Bordallo in the release. "This funding protects our communities from potentially devastating impacts on our lives and livelihoods by supporting proactive planning to address coastal hazards and effects of climate change such as flooding, shoreline erosion and storm surges. I also look forward to this grant improving coral reef, watershed and wetland habitats, public access to our coasts and water quality."

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UPDATE: Guam gets grant to improve coastal management

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a $829,500 grant to the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans to support the island's Coastal Management Program, according to a press